Elsa Hunter (born 15 February 2005), also known as Elsa Siow Tzin Yee, is an Australian–Malaysian cricketer who plays for the Malaysian women's national cricket team. She made her T20I debut at the age of 13, against Nepal in the 2019 Thailand Women's T20 Smash. Hunter moved to

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in 2015. She resides at

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and trains at Penrith. Along with playing club cricket at

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, she also played for

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Under-19 women's team. On a trip to Malaysia, Hunter's father contacted the CEO of

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to suggest training for her daughter. After showing a video of how her daughter played the game, Hunter was immediately selected in the national team. She made her debut in the 2019 Thailand Women's T20 Smash at the age of thirteen, holding the record for the youngest international cricketer at that time, male or female. She scored her maiden

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fifty against

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in the

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. She represented Malaysia in the 2022 Women's Asia Cup.

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Grassroots Greats: International Cricket at 14 - Elsa Hunter plays professionally for Malaysia
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2005 births Living people Cricketers from Sydney Australian women cricketers Malaysian women cricketers Malaysia women Twenty20 International cricketers Australian people of Malaysian descent Australian sportspeople of Chinese descent Malaysian sportspeople of Chinese descent {{Malaysia-cricket-bio-stub